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Last Call for Papers - AnthropologyInAction* Special Edition: gift exchange
in
modern society
Are gift exchanges still relevant for the social integration of modern
societies? Since the early 1920s anthropologists have explained how
pre-modern societies were organised around the principles of giving, taking,
and reciprocity. According to Mauss' seminal work, pre-modern societies are
symbolically reproduced through notions of gift exchange and reciprocity.
Yet Mauss' distinction between 'societies of the gift' and 'capitalist
societies' has led to much debate about gifts and commodities - in
particular the social relations that arrive out of gift and commodity
exchange - and the different forms of reciprocity driven by those exchanges.
With the continuing transformation of social life yet more work on gift
exchange is needed to help explain how norms of reciprocity might maintain
as well as test the fundamental building blocks of social life such as
families, communities and friendships.
Examples of questions are:
· What kinds of obligations do gifts engender, and what role do gift
practices play in creating social networks?
· How are gift practices related to interpersonal/group dynamics?
· How does gift exchange operate in modern society?
Papers are invited that elaborate on these questions from an
empirical/applied perspective - what counts as gift exchange in the
contemporary social world and where can it be found? Empirical topics that
may be of interest are, for example - the gift of charity; gifts and
reciprocity in national and international relations; reciprocity within
organisations and the business community; gift exchange as applied to
teaching and education; the anthropology of exchange applied to
donation/transplantation technologies; gift exchange in cyberspace; and the
amateriality of the gift.
Finished articles should not normally exceed 7,000 words in length (first
draft due 30 May 2006). Abstracts (no longer than 400 words) should be
submitted by 03 February 2006 to:
Dr Denise M. Carter on [log in to unmask]
Michaela Lord on [log in to unmask]
Or via post to:
Michaela Lord, CASS, University of Hull, HU6 7RX.
Please include with the abstract: institutional affiliation, e-mail address,
telephone number, and postal contact details. Papers accepted for
publication will be notified by 28 February 2006.
[*Anthropology in Action is a peer-reviewed journal publishing key articles,
commentaries, research reports, and book reviews that deal with the use of
anthropology in all areas of policy and practice. The journal provides a
forum for debate and analysis of anthropological themes. Style guides and
notes for contributors available online at:
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/journals/aia/index.php]
Dr Denise M. Carter
CASS
University of Hull, UK
http://www.denisecarter.net
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